DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings today agreed to terms with right wing Anthony Mantha on a two-year contract.

Mantha, 23, skated in 80 games with the Red Wings in 2017-18 and produced a team-leading 24 goals, while ranking among Detroit’s leaders with 24 assists (4th), 48 points (3rd), 52 penalty minutes (4th), nine power-play goals (1st), 190 shots (3rd) and a 12.6 shooting percentage (1st). He registered multiple points in a single game on 10 occasions last season, including four three-point games and a career-high four points (2-2-4) on March 6 at Boston. Mantha became part of Red Wings history during the 2017-18 campaign by scoring the first-ever goal at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit’s season-opening 4-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Oct. 5, 2017. The 6-foot-5, 225-pound winger has appeared in 150 games with the Red Wings since 2015-16, notching 87 points (43-44-87) and 107 penalty minutes.

The Longueuil, Quebec, native was drafted by the Red Wings in the first round (20th overall) of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft. He also appeared in 132 games with the American Hockey League’s Grand Rapids Griffins from 2014-17, totaling 88 points (44-44-88), a plus-20 rating and 102 penalty minutes in 132 regular-season games and 15 points (6-9-15), a plus-six rating and 24 penalty minutes in 25 postseason games. Prior to turning professional, Mantha enjoyed a historic 2013-14 campaign in which he was named the Canadian Hockey League’s Player of the Year and the most-valuable player of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League after racking up 120 points (57-63-120) in 57 regular-season games and 38 points (24-14-38) in 24 playoff games to help the Val-d’Or Foreurs capture the QMJHL championship. In 189 QMJHL games between 2010-14, Mantha totaled 260 points (129-131-260), a plus-42 rating and 185 penalty minutes. He also led Canada at the 2014 IIHF World Junior Championship with 11 points (5-6-11) in seven games.

Anthony Mantha, Right Wing
Born Sep 16 1994 -- Longueuil, PQ
Height 6.05 -- Weight 225 -- Shoots L

Selected by Detroit Red Wings round 1 #20 overall 2013 NHL Entry Draft

--- Regular Season --- ---- Playoffs ----
Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
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2010-11 Val d'Or Foreurs QMJHL 2 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- --
2011-12 Val d'Or Foreurs QMJHL 63 22 29 51 39 4 2 2 4 6
2012-13 Val d'Or Foreurs QMJHL 67 50 39 89 71 9 5 7 12 13
2013-14 Val d'Or Foreurs QMJHL 57 57 63 120 75 24 24 14 38 52
2014-15 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 62 15 18 33 64 16 2 2 4 16
2015-16 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 60 21 24 45 32 9 4 7 11 8
2015-16 Detroit Red Wings NHL 10 2 1 3 2 -- -- -- -- --
2016-17 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 10 8 2 10 6 -- -- -- -- --
2016-17 Detroit Red Wings NHL 60 17 19 36 53 -- -- -- -- --
2017-18 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 24 24 48 52 -- -- -- -- --
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NHL Totals 150 43 44 87 107